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| Full name | Adana Demirspor Kulübü A.Ş. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Mavi Şimşekler (Blue Lightnings) | |||
| Short name | ADS | |||
| Founded | 28 December 1940[1] | |||
| Ground | New Adana Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 30,960 | |||
| President | Bedirhan Durak | |||
| Head coach | Serkan Damla | |||
| League | Süper Lig | |||
| 2023–24 | Süper Lig, 12th of 20 | |||
| Website | http://www.adanademirspor.org.tr/ | |||
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Adana Demirspor Kulübü is a multi-sports club based in Adana, Turkey. The football department is the most popular department which secured 4th place at the 2022–23 Süper Lig and qualified for European competitions for the first time in their history. The club also competes in rowing, table tennis, taekwondo and volleyball.[2] Founded by railway workers of Turkish State Railways (TCDD) in 1940, The football team's success at the Adana League and the water polo team's unbeaten National League titles in the club's first three decades built a large worker fan base in the city. Some supporters who are unhappy with the management of the club, founded Adanaspor in 1954 and competition among the two clubs for the citywide support and domination since then, created one of the fiercest rivalries of Turkish football which continues to this day as the Adana derby.[3] From the 1970s to the late 2010s, the club had less success than their archrival, did not win a major title and had not participated in any European competitions, though it continued to gain wider support than Adanaspor[citation needed] and became one of the most supported clubs in Turkey. The club's recent success at the Super Lig and qualification for the UEFA Conference League and Adanaspor's decline is widening the gap between two clubs further in terms of fan support and club value.
Adana Demirspor was the first club based outside of Istanbul, Ankara, or İzmir to join the National Football League in the 1960–61 season, before this the league games were only hosted in the three cities.[4][5] The water polo team was the first champions of the Turkish Water Polo League and had dominated the first three decades of the league, winning 21 league titles in 25 years, from the early 1940s to mid 1960s.
Adana Demirspor are by far the most successful of the 38 Demirspor clubs that are founded by the employees of the Turkish State Railways (TCDD).[6] Most Demirspor clubs have jersey colours identical to Adana Demirspor, and bear the TCDD symbol on their logo. Ankara Demirspor are the only other Demirspor club that compete in the Turkish professional football league system, and the only ones still affiliated with the TCDD.
- ^ "Tarihçe". Adana Demirspor Kulübü (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Avrupa kupalarına gidecek takımlar belli oldu! Fenerbahçe kazandı, Adana Demirspor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Adana Derbisin Tarihi". Altınşehir Adana (in Turkish). 30 April 2016. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç. "Türkiye Kupasi – Turkish Cup". Turkishsoccer. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç. "1981–1982 1.Lig". Turkishsoccer. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ "İçinden Demiryolu geçen kulüpler: Demirsporlar". Tribun Dergi (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
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